{"id":292,"date":"2025-06-18T18:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:49:59","slug":"lebron-james-has-honest-admission-about-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/lebron-james-has-honest-admission-about-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Has Honest Admission About Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_456324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456324\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-456324\" src=\"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2212935340-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Timberwolves v Los Angeles Lakers - Game Five\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1855\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James is 40 years old, which has many people wondering how much longer he will be with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his age, he is doing great work on the court and remains a vital part of his team.<\/p>\n<p>Still, retirement has to be on the horizon, right?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to AP, James opened up about what his family tells him about his career.<\/p>\n<p>According to James, they support him in playing and continuing to chase his dream.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy kids are like \u2018Dad, continue your dream. This is your dream. You&#8217;ve been here for us this whole time.\u2019\u2026 when you have that type of support, it makes it a lot easier,&#8221; James said, via Legion Hoops.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron on retirement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids are like \u2018Dad, continue your dream. This is your dream. You&#039;ve been here for us this whole time.\u2019\u2026 when you have that type of support, it makes it a lot easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP<\/a>, h\/t ESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XDr0sxnmFl\">pic.twitter.com\/XDr0sxnmFl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1935053803294007319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>James is already the oldest player in the league, and he will be 41 just months into the new season.<\/p>\n<p>During his 21st year in the NBA, James posted an average of 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 8.2 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers&#8217; future may belong to Luka Doncic, but James is still a vital part of their present and doesn&#8217;t seem to be going anywhere soon.<\/p>\n<p>It would be one thing if he were constantly hurt or his numbers were dropping<\/p>\n<p>But he appeared in 70 games last season, and his stats were actually better than the year before in some ways.<\/p>\n<p>James is pushing himself and his body to limits others never thought possible.<\/p>\n<p>Most people still assume that James only has a couple more seasons left in him, and the thoughts are about how well he can play until he retires.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a chance he is still putting up gigantic numbers even when he is hanging up his jersey?<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t just his career, it&#8217;s his dream, and James is going to keep fighting for it.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/lebron-james-has-honest-admission-about-retirement\/\">LeBron James Has Honest Admission About Retirement<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images) &nbsp; LeBron James is 40 years old, which has many people wondering how ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}